If your feet are inaccessible to you, place your hands on the shins of ankles.

For increased comfort, you can put a blanket or pillow on top of your legs to rest the torso and forehead on. Alternatively, you can place pillows under your knees.

By bending the knees, the degree of tension on the hamstrings decreases allowing you to bend further forward .

Stay here for five slow, deep breaths and on the sixth inhale slowly come back up to seated.

2. Bound Angle Pose – Baddha Konasana

Remaining seated where you are and inhale as you bend your knees, bringing your feet as close to you as is comfortable.

Then bring the soles of your feet together and exhale as you let your knees fall out to the sides. If you have especially tight hips, you can sit on a pillow or a folded blanket to lift your seat.

Alternatively, place pillows under both knees if the stretch is too intense at first.

Clasp your hands around your touching toes or one hand on each ankle and lower your chin slightly, taking pressure off of the back of your neck.

Stay here for five deep inhales and exhales, and on the sixth inhale lift your chin back to a neutral position.

In case you practice this pose regularly, you will increase the blood flow in the abdomen, pelvis and the back. You will treat also arthritis in the knees, hips, and pelvic joints.

3. Reclining Bound Angle Pose – Supta Baddha Konasana

Keep your legs exactly where they are and use your hands/elbows to lower yourself onto your back as you gently exhale. You can use a pillow under your head or entire back if that feels more comfortable.

Place your left hand on your chest over your heart and your right hand on your lower belly.

Alternately you can also reach your arms over your head to open up the chest and heart.

Stay here for five breaths, breathing into your belly, so your stomach rises and falls with each inhale and exhale. The pose has a lot of health benefits which will help you to regulate the blood pressure.

4. Happy Baby Pose – Ananda Balasana

Still lying on your back, bend your hips bringing the knees close to your armpits.

Place your hands on the outside edge of your feet, with your knees outside the elbows.

Try to keep your ankles directly above the knees. The photo featured showed a different variation of hand placement, but both are acceptable.

If you’re not able to reach your feet you can also grab onto your ankles. With each inhale, lengthen your spine and with each exhale draw your knees closer to your shoulders.

Lengthen through the back of your neck with the chin slightly down.

Hold this for five breaths or longer.

5. Reclining Hand-To-Big-Toe Pose – Supta Padangusthasana

From Happy Baby Pose, let go of your left leg and place it straight down on the bed in line with your torso.

Straighten the right leg as much as your can, holding on with your right hand wherever is accessible for you – the shin, ankle, foot, or wrap your index and middle fingers around the big toe. Most people find it more comfortable to keep the left hand on top of the left thigh, keeping that leg grounded onto the bed.

Hold this hamstring stretch for five breaths before switching sides.

Lower the right leg down and lift the left leg up, holding onto that part of the leg/foot which is accessible to you. Hold for five breaths.

You can hold this stretch for longer than five breaths, but to keep both sides balanced stretch each for the same length of time.

With this pose you will be very relaxed and in the same time you will eliminate the lower back pain. This pose is of great benefit to help alleviate the pains of a sedentary lifestyle.

Wind-Relieving Pose – Pavanamuktasana

Lower the left leg back onto the bed and bend the right knee and hip, bringing the knee close to your right shoulder and the right ankle close to the sit bone. Use both hands to hold the right shin. With each inhale lengthen your spine and the back of your neck, with each exhale apply gentle pressure on the shin to bring that right knee closer and closer to the shoulder. Hold for five breaths and repeat on the other side.

With this pose you will have benefits much more like till know, and you will eliminate the sciatic pain which will improve digestion. Also in case you struggle with diarrhea you can’t practice this pose.

7. Reclining/Supine Spinal Twist – Supta Matsyendrasana

You can do either variation of this twist, one leg at a time or both legs together. Alternatively, you can do both poses, start with twisting the right leg over the left hip, then the left leg over the right hip.

Finish with twisting both knees first to the left of the body then the right of the body. When twisting either one or both legs to the left, bring the right shoulder as close to the bed as your can, keeping as much of your upper back in contact with the mattress as is possible for you. When twisting the legs to the right, bring the left should down. Hold each variation of the pose for five full breaths, always aiming for symmetry between the two sides.

8. Child’s Pose – Balasana

From the reclining spinal twist straighten both legs and roll over from your back onto your belly. Make sure you don’t roll off the bed!

Use both hands to push your upper body towards your feet, lowering your seat onto your touching ankles and toes. There are several variations you can do here – keep the knees together with your belly on top of your thighs or move your knees away from each other allowing your belly to fall between them.

You can also vary the position of your arms – either stretch them out above your head or place your hands next to the ankles. Rest your forehead on the mattress and allow your neck to relax. All these variations are great, and you can do whichever one feels best for you on any given day.

With this pose you will have stretch hips and thighs, releasing stress in the back and shoulders, and the anxiety will be eliminated.

9. Legs Up The Wall Pose – Viparita Karani

Move yourself to the head of your bed, bringing your hips as close to the wall/headrest as you can and placing both legs straight up the wall with your knees and ankles above your hips.

You can keep your arms straight out in a letter “T” pattern, above your head, or place one hand over your heart and one hand over your lower belly. Breathe deeply, ensuring your tummy rises and falls with each breath.

Stay here for 3-5 minutes to reap the full benefits of this pose.

10. Corpse Pose – Savasana

Last pose! Dim/turn off the lights in your room if you haven’t already done so.

Lie down comfortably on your back in bed with your head on your pillow and a blanket covering you for warmth. You can also place a pillow under your knees to take tension off the lower back.

Place your arms on the mattress with your hands open towards the ceiling and your fingers pointing to the foot of the bed, a comfortable distance away from the torso.

Allow your fingers and palms to relax. Keep your feet about shoulder-distance apart and let your toes fall out to the sides.

Let go of your control of your breath, close your eyes, and allow the back of your body to relax and melt into your mattress as your mind fully relaxes also.

Hold this pose for 5-10 minutes, or until you fall asleep.

This pose will relax your whole body which will make your breathing easier and the nervous system will bring the peace in your mind.

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